towing 5th wheel with flatbed 2500 4x4
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towing 5th wheel with flatbed 2500 4x4
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We are trying to trade our pull toy hauler for a fifth wheel toy hauler. My husband wants to put a flat bed on the truck (which will raise it 9") and the factory says not to haul it with a gooseneck. If we put on a conventional 5th wheel hitch, it will be way to high in the front. Anyone have any suggestions? We are supposed to pick up this fifth wheel in about 2 weeks 1900 miles from here.
We are trying to trade our pull toy hauler for a fifth wheel toy hauler. My husband wants to put a flat bed on the truck (which will raise it 9") and the factory says not to haul it with a gooseneck. If we put on a conventional 5th wheel hitch, it will be way to high in the front. Anyone have any suggestions? We are supposed to pick up this fifth wheel in about 2 weeks 1900 miles from here.
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Some folks have turned the axles over on the trailer or added blocks to raise it higher. This is good for 2-4 inches, not 9. As far as the flat bed and hitch, that's a tough one. Is the pin height on the trailer adjustable in any way? There may be a couple inches of movement there. And BTW, welcome to the site O contrary one.
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Custom 5th hitch recessed in flat bed. May not even have to be custom. I know some of the flat beds sold around here (Memphis) have recessed hitches on them anyway. They are the nice skirted flat beds that are pricey.
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Ditto. I've seen 5th wheel/flatbeds set up with a plate of steel attached to the frame under the flatbed, and a hatch on the flatbed is removed so the hitch bolts to the steel plate.
B&W also builds a flatbed that accepts a special (shorter) 5th wheel hitch.
http://www.turnoverball.com/custom.asp?page=options#
Click on Companion Flat Bed Hitch.
If I were going to set up another truck to tow 5th wheels (and had the money) I think I'd go with one of the air ride hitches and a flatbed.
This page shows some Highway Product beds set up with 5th wheel hitch...
http://www.800toolbox.com/flatbeds/flatbeds.htm
Good luck with whatever you choose.
B&W also builds a flatbed that accepts a special (shorter) 5th wheel hitch.
http://www.turnoverball.com/custom.asp?page=options#
Click on Companion Flat Bed Hitch.
If I were going to set up another truck to tow 5th wheels (and had the money) I think I'd go with one of the air ride hitches and a flatbed.
This page shows some Highway Product beds set up with 5th wheel hitch...
http://www.800toolbox.com/flatbeds/flatbeds.htm
Good luck with whatever you choose.
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Without looking at it, 9" sounds like a lot of rise for a flatbed. Is your husband buying one pre-built or building his own? It sounds to me like he may need to look as a different flatbed design with less rise to it. Just my off-the-cuff thoughts.
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Rise sounds high.
You can get small fifth wheel hitches from welding shops (at least around here), that mount only a few inches above the surface they are on. They basically look like a smaller version of what semi's use (for reference... if you look at a semi's 5th wheel hitch, it doesn't add much height).
You can get small fifth wheel hitches from welding shops (at least around here), that mount only a few inches above the surface they are on. They basically look like a smaller version of what semi's use (for reference... if you look at a semi's 5th wheel hitch, it doesn't add much height).
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I took my trailer to a spring shop and had them fab up a 6" lift for the trailer so It would ride level with the truck. It cost me 625 to have done. Good luck
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I wish I had bought a air ride hitch, this is the one I see alot here in the oilfield in Colorado
http://www.airsafehitches.com/5th_wh...WID=3510406522
I saw a sticker on a low profile hitch in a friends truck, here is their addy
http://www.trailersaver.com/rigidhitches_32lpk.php
Good luck. Rob.
http://www.airsafehitches.com/5th_wh...WID=3510406522
I saw a sticker on a low profile hitch in a friends truck, here is their addy
http://www.trailersaver.com/rigidhitches_32lpk.php
Good luck. Rob.
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